title: Evolution: skipping school.
abstract: Some individual fish like to be close together in 'schools', while other individuals like to be alone. A pair of recent papers dissects the genetic basis of schooling behavior, showing that genetic changes in sensory systems are involved when this social behavior is lost during evolution.
authors.affiliation: Integrative Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 439 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Electronic address: alisonmb@life.illinois.edu.
authors.forename: Alison M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D060126:Characidae / Q000502:physiology*; D053403:Lateral Line System / Q000502:physiology*; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000235:genetics*; D012919:Social Behavior; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*